Topic

Point-of-care ultrasound

Portable ultrasound imaging performed at the patient's side instead of in a radiology suite, increasingly paired with software that interprets images or guides procedures.

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science1 publisher

Federal Laboratory Consortium awards the three-year handoff of an Army-funded medic ultrasound

A handheld ultrasound guide built for Army medics has left MIT Lincoln Laboratory for a company staffed by engineers who designed it, and the Federal Laboratory Consortium is giving that handoff its 2026 transfer prize.

Publishers:news.mit.edu

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